Drivers Damion Gardner and Ryan Bernal will be out to protect their point leads in the respective series. Gardner has a 31-point USAC/CRA lead over teammate Nic Faas, while Bernal has a 26-point Western Classic lead over D.J. Johnson.

Bernal won the April Sprint car appearance at Watsonville while Saturday’s race will be the 2013 USAC Sprint debut at Santa Maria.